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package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.methodutils.MethodScope;
/**
* Removes the methods from further processing by subsequent {@link Facet}s.
*/
public interface MethodRemover {
/**
* Locate all methods (that the implementation should somehow know about)
* that match the criteria and remove them from the implementation's list so
* that they are not considered for subsequent scans.
*
* @param methodScope
* - whether looking for <tt>static</tt> (class) or
* instance-level methods.
* @return any methods that were removed.
*/
List<Method> removeMethods(final MethodScope methodScope, final String prefix, final Class<?> returnType, final boolean canBeVoid, final int paramCount);
/**
* Locate all methods (that the implementation should somehow know about)
* that match the criteria and remove them from the implementation's list so
* that they are not considered for subsequent scans.
*
* @param methodScope
* - whether looking for <tt>static</tt> (class) or
* instance-level methods.
*/
void removeMethod(MethodScope methodScope, String methodName, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>[] parameterTypes);
void removeMethod(Method method);
void removeMethods(List<Method> methods);
}